If you are expecting a survey from your accreditation organization (AO) in the upcoming weeks and months, check in with your liaison. Some AOs are...Read More »
Safety concerns and potential for erroneous errors have made the Waived Testing (WT) chapter a common area of focus for surveyors during patient...Read More »
As the result of a CMS directive, unannounced surveys for organizations started in 2006. If you are undergoing a deemed status survey, your visit...Read More »
In my mind’s eye, I always think that I’ve covered certain topics in posts gone by (and I suspect this is one of those recurring risk assessment...Read More »
At the urging of CMS, The Joint Commission has been providing surveyors with extra training on procedures related to investigating possible...Read More »
Sterile processing departments have and will continue to receive a lot of scrutiny during surveys. That is also where hospitals can see a lot of...Read More »
Which would you rather do? Tell someone in the C-suite the hospital is facing a CMS immediate jeopardy ruling because the staff was so overwhelmed...Read More »
Sit down with pharmacy leadership and review section-by-section compliance with the revised U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) standards on medication...Read More »
